Raccoon Troubles

Yznhymr · 05-25-2007, 02:55 PM

Okay, we have the South's largest raccoon creating havoc in my backyard. He’s tearing up the bird feeder my father-in-law built for us, plus other landscaping areas. I called animal control…no help…I called vector control…no help…called largest veterinarian office we have…no help…called residential animal control…$200 smackeroos. Hmmm, what would you do?

theotherguy · 05-25-2007, 02:59 PM

Do you own a gun?

Shawnee123 · 05-25-2007, 03:00 PM

LOL...yznhymr and thenewguy are starting another gun thread!

Clodfobble · 05-25-2007, 03:04 PM

You can buy traps for them, basically big cages with doors that will automatically close when something goes inside to get the bait. If you don't want to kill it, drive 10-15 miles away and release it. Be careful though, those bastards are vicious.

Yznhymr · 05-25-2007, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by thenewguy

Do you own a gun?

Sorry, a little slow with poll, your answer may be there. It's my first poll!

PS. Sounds like you are from Memphis, so am I...maybe you can come shoot him for me??? LOL

PSS. I loved your 'slept with a Democrat and am ashamed' post!

theotherguy · 05-25-2007, 03:08 PM

That would be a longer drive. I moved to Nash-vegas about 10 years ago. I know in Memphis you can find someone to shoot just about anything!

Thanks.

Spexxvet · 05-25-2007, 03:09 PM

If you're a pussy, use a gun. If you're a real man, take the varmint on mano-a-mano, naked, like it is.

theotherguy · 05-25-2007, 03:16 PM

naked raccoon wrestling. I think I once saw a Japanese porn with that title.

Spexxvet · 05-25-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by thenewguy

naked raccoon wrestling. I think I once saw a Japanese porn with that title.

Wasn't that naked raccoon bukakke?

BigV · 05-25-2007, 03:23 PM

Why in the world would you want to take mercy back home when you've got a perfectly good destructive fat-assed raccoon already? Does the raccoon seem... lonely? wtf?

Kitsune · 05-25-2007, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Yznhymr

[color=black]He’s tearing up the bird feeder my father-in-law built for us, plus other landscaping areas.

Cayenne pepper. Lots of it. Birds can't taste it so they could care less, but raccoons will stay well clear of it.

theotherguy · 05-25-2007, 03:33 PM

Are you in the city limits?

Yznhymr · 05-25-2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by thenewguy

Are you in the city limits?

Nope, in the county. I live trap cotton rats all of the time and then relocate them to the yards of people that piss me off...uhhh...I mean relocate them deep into the country. I've only had to kill 2 for mercy's sake. I can catch ~4 cotton rats a week. We have plenty of snakes, but they don't keep the population down.

theotherguy · 05-25-2007, 03:45 PM

Personally, I would just tell the neighbors, "You will probably hear shots tonight. Don't call the cops." Then, take him out.

wolf · 05-25-2007, 04:47 PM

Sounds like a good excuse to get that .17 you've been eyeing up. perfect for the varmints.

View Poll Results: Best solution for ridding oneself of a pesky Raccoon...
Spend $200 on pest removal service?	0	0%
Spend $50 on live animal trap - then let it junk up garage?	3	27.27%
Spend $0 by using existing gun, ammo, and gloves?	7	63.64%
Cellar send Merc over to wrestle the Raccoon and take back home?	0	0%
Other????	1	9.09%
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05-25-2007, 02:55 PM	#1
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	Raccoon Troubles Okay, we have the South's largest raccoon creating havoc in my backyard. He’s tearing up the bird feeder my father-in-law built for us, plus other landscaping areas. I called animal control…no help…I called vector control…no help…called largest veterinarian office we have…no help…called residential animal control…$200 smackeroos. Hmmm, what would you do? __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

05-25-2007, 03:00 PM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	LOL...yznhymr and thenewguy are starting another gun thread! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-25-2007, 03:09 PM	#7
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	If you're a pussy, use a gun. If you're a real man, take the varmint on mano-a-mano, naked, like it is. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

05-25-2007, 03:23 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Why in the world would you want to take mercy back home when you've got a perfectly good destructive fat-assed raccoon already? Does the raccoon seem... lonely? wtf? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-25-2007, 02:59 PM	#2
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	Do you own a gun?

05-25-2007, 03:04 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	You can buy traps for them, basically big cages with doors that will automatically close when something goes inside to get the bait. If you don't want to kill it, drive 10-15 miles away and release it. Be careful though, those bastards are vicious.

05-25-2007, 03:08 PM	#6
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	That would be a longer drive. I moved to Nash-vegas about 10 years ago. I know in Memphis you can find someone to shoot just about anything! Thanks.

05-25-2007, 03:16 PM	#8
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	naked raccoon wrestling. I think I once saw a Japanese porn with that title.

05-25-2007, 03:33 PM	#12
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	Are you in the city limits?

05-25-2007, 03:45 PM	#14
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	Personally, I would just tell the neighbors, "You will probably hear shots tonight. Don't call the cops." Then, take him out.

05-25-2007, 04:47 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Sounds like a good excuse to get that .17 you've been eyeing up. perfect for the varmints. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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